Aleksandar Ranković (footballer)

Football player infobox


playername = Aleksandar Ranković
fullname = Aleksandar Ranković
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dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1978|8|31|df=y
cityofbirth = Beograd
countryofbirth = Yugoslavia
currentclub = ADO Den Haag
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position = Midfielder
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years = 2000-2002 2002-2005 2005-Present
clubs = FK Rad Vitesse Arnhem ADO Den Haag
caps(goals) = 27 (2) 72 (4) 28 (2)
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nationalteam = Serbia
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pcupdate = 3 September, 2006
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Aleksandar Ranković (born August 31, 1978) is a Serbian footballer who plays for ADO Den Haag. He is a midfielder who plays as a winger on the right side of the pitch.

Ranković's career began when he signed a professional contract with FK Rad, making his first first-team appearance in 2000, at the age of 21. Dutch side Vitesse Arnhem showed interest in the player and brought him into the Eredivisie in 2002, where he played as a first-team regular for three seasons. In 2005 he moved to fellow Eredivisie participants ADO Den Haag where he became one of their key players.

Ranković hit the news in January 2007, when he was sent off in the 3-1 defeat to AZ. He later received a five match ban for shouting, "When I see you in the city, I kill you", to the match referee, Kevin Blom. The incident took place after Blom awarded AZ a penalty, and Ranković pushed Blom whilst shouting the death threat. "The Royal Dutch Football Union (KNVB) will need to confirm this", the Union’s spokesperson Renske Bruinsma said. "You have to have a good reason to disqualify someone for five games", she said.

External links

* [http://www.adodenhaag.nl adodenhaag.nl]
* [http://www.clubachterdeduinen.nl clubachterdeduinen.nl]
* [http://www.vi.nl/vi/show/id=40053/dbid=42333/typeofpage=40054/sc=06bee5 vi.nl]

Persondata
NAME=Ranković, Aleksandar
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Professional football player
DATE OF BIRTH=August 31, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH=Beograd
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